The Baofeng Compendium
A complete guide to Baofeng UV-5R radios · 116 pages · PDF
What is allowed, what is not, and how to programme the cheapest radio in the world so people can actually talk on it.
What it covers
A Baofeng UV-5R costs about as much as a meal, which is why it ends up in the pockets of people who have never owned a radio. The manual in the box is machine-translated and explains nothing.
This book explains how the radio works, what the fields in the programming software mean, how to choose an antenna, and where the line runs between bands you may transmit on and bands you may not.
Contents
- the UV-5R, part by part, and how to operate it,
- programming channels by hand and from a computer,
- PMR, CB and amateur bands, and the rules that govern them,
- antennas: what replacing one buys you and what it does not,
- range in the field and what actually limits it.
Who it is for
Hikers, rescue volunteers, reenactment groups, and anyone who bought a Baofeng and got stuck on the first menu.
Language
The book is written in Polish.